De volgende stop was Ganvie, een stadje op palen midden in het Nokoue meer. In 1700-1800 is deze stad in het midden van het meer gebouwd om aan de slavenhandel te ontkomen. Nu wonen er zo'n 20.000 mensen. Vishandel is hun voornaamste bron van inkomsten.
In 1996 is het op de Werelderfgoedlijst geplaatst.
The next stop was Ganvie, a stilt village in Lake Nokoue, built in the years 1700-1800 to escape the slave trade. Nowadays there live about 20.000 people in the village. Their main indusrty is fishing and fish farming.
In 1996 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Going on board
View from the pier
Fishing nets
Street towards the village
They don't like to be photographed
Sticks along the waterway indicate the different owned fishing fields
After 15 minutes we come close to the village
Mobile phone shop
Approaching the hotel
View from the hotel balcony
Opposite the hotel
Buying some bananas from a floating shop
Off they go to the next client
Sunset over Ganvie
The next day
Saying farewell to the guard and owner of the hotel
"Hi!"
A traditional house
"Hello!"
"Can we visit your home?"
Mama looks after the pots on the fireplace
Family pictures on the wall
My travel buddy having fun with the kids
"Merci! Au revoir!"
Floating shops
Market place
Chopped wood for cooking
No pictures please!
Grace's Haute Couture shop
New roof material
Fishing with the city on shoe in the distance
Weer terug op vaste land en door naar de volgende stop.
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